今まま以外になんか知られる？ what else can (you) know besides now as it is?

Where to begin...

It's Friday night in Nagoya. I'm in bed, in a second floor room my host family prepared for me. It has two windows. One faces the front of the house, with a quiet and narrow street that routinely plays witness to the footsteps and bicycle tires of salary men, students, house wives, and the house dog, not to mention the occassional car. The other window offers a view of the rear of the house. Beyond the fence is a larger intersection with a Phillapino karaoke bar. The sounds of rats climbing in between the walls behind my bed and the sounds of drunk, loud Japanese people floating in with the breeze are my companions at this moment. Of course, the future phantom images of you readers are here - as I wonder what you will think of these pictures.

Some pictures (that have nothing to do with Nagoya, but want to share them anyway)




























These are pictures from Aomori, Osoreizan (Mt. Fear), a small fishing town on the coast of northern Honshu and some shots from Tokyo and Yokohama. The last photo is of Hime-chan and Shokora (my host family's dogs in Nagoya). I'll update in the next few days with photos of my new host family and Nagoya.